By Y. Y. Chan, Hong Kong Grandma, It’s Me! is a fictional children’s book about dementia. The story is based on my experience with the closest grandmother I had ever had –
By Christiana Egi, Toronto, Canada I am a Registered Nurse, and the motivation to write this story began in my first year as a student nurse. Our first mental health rotation was
By Alex Winstanley Everyone has that family member they seem to share a particularly special bond with – mine was always my Grandma. When she was diagnosed with Mixed Dementia over ten
By Deborah L Mills Alzheimer’s is a diagnosis given to an individual, yet it is a disease that profoundly affects the entire family from the youngest to the oldest. Many times, we
By Thea Kvamme My mother, Diane Kvamme, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2009 at the age of 74. I worked in a nursing home, so I knew some of what to
By Carmen Tribbett First off, I was born in Austin, Minnesota, a very long time ago. I am, in fact, almost eighty-nine. Writing is my fifth career. Writing the “Monster Dog” book
Lil’ Boy By: Barry K. Gibbs Jr. This book started as a poem about my relationship with my Grandma. I decided to develop it into a book after she passed. I wrote Lil’
A Doll for Grandma: A Story about Alzheimer’s Disease by Paulette Sharkey When I sign copies of my children’s book, A Doll for Grandma, I add the words “Spread kindness.” Because at
The Story of Mrs. Inez The character of Mrs. Inez is loosely based on my grandmother’s former roommate, who I met at a nursing home around five years ago. My sweet Granny
By Linda Osmundson Papa’s Changes, Dementia Through a Child’s Eyes came about one night as I contemplated the changes in my husband’s abilities. He was diagnosed with PSP – Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
